Camp-sink.



PATENTBD JUNE 30, 1903.. G. B. DONAVIN.

CAMP SINK. APPLIUATIOK FILED NOV. 28, 1002.

10 MODEL.

HHIL E UNITED STATES Patented Tune 30, 1903.

GEORGE E. DONAVIN, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

CAMP-SINK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 732,342, datedJ'une 30, 1903.

Application filed November 28,1902. Serial No- 133,07l. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. DONAVIN, a citizen of the United States, residingat Oolumbus, in the county of Franklin andState of Ohio, have invented .new and useful Improvements in Camp-Sinks, of which the following is a specification.

Myinven tion relates to dry closets Orcampsinks, particularly adapted for use with troops in the field, and has for its objects, first, the provision of a sink that will when set up provide for the needs of a number of men-and may at the same time be knocked down and packed for transportation within the space of an ordinary military chest, and, secondly, will be at all times closed to the access of flies, so pregnant a source of typhoidfever dissemination in military field-camps.

My improved device also embraces several other minor novel features, as will be hereinafter more definitely pointedout, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device in position foruse inan inclosing tent. Fig. 2 is a similar view, of the same packed or nested and ready for transportation. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional View through one of the lids and its cover. l

Similar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views.

In the said drawings the reference-numerals 1 and 2 denote two rectangular oblong formed integral with each of said hinges 5, abuts at its rear end against the lid 3 when said cover is raised toward the vertical position, coming in contact therewith just before the vertical position is reached, and thus causing said lid to close automatically by its own weight when not positively maintained open, as shown in Fig. 3. Eachof said lids 3 is also provided with an aperture 7 at adjacent ends thereof adapted to receive the lower bifurcated ends 8 of a sectional ventpipe 9, leading upward to the exterior of theinclosing structure, the latter being shown in this instance as an ordinary seven-by-eight or nine-by-nine tent 10. The said boxes 1 and 2 are provided at front and rear with handles 11 for transportation, and each box is I further provided in its front side, near the top thereof, with a circular aperture 12, adapted to be closed by slide-plate l3 and intended to receive the end of a pipe 14, leading from a urinal, hereinafter to be described. Located within each of the boxes 1 and 2 is a metallic removable receptacle 15, snugly fitting therein and provided with handles 16 for removing the same, it being observed that said receptacles do not extend quite as high as the apertures 12, as seen in Fig. 1.

The nrinal17consists of a triangular-shaped metallic structure supported by detachable legs 18 and of a size to fit within the smaller box 2 and having removably tapped thereinto the pipe 14:, as shown.

From the above description the operation of my improved device will be understood to be as follows; When the device is assembled in position for use, as shown in Fig. 1, the boxes 1 and 2 provide accommodation for four men at a time, the urinal 17 being also in position for use and draining into the receptacle 15 in box 1 through pipe 14;, it being observed that by reason of the self-closing feature of the covers 4, as described, said boxes are closed at all times against ingress of flies and are, in fact, thus sealed in every particular. Now when the'camp is policed the box 2 is bodily removed by the policing squad to a point sufficiently remote from the camp, the lid 3 raised, and receptacle 15 removed and emptied of its contents, eitherin a running stream or in a pit dug for the purpose. Said receptacle 15 may then be completely purified by washing or by exposing it to the action of fire by means of a suitable furnace for that purpose. Said box 2, with its receptacle 15 and lid 3 replaced, is now returned to the structure or tent, when by moving urinal 17 to a position in front of it, uncovering aperture 12 therein, and inserting drain-pipe 14 therein the box I is left free to be similarly policed. It will thus be seen that while this policing may be performed as often as may be found necessary there is always provided accommodation for at least two men, and at no time is the contents of either boxin the least exposed except at the point of emptying, which may be located as far from the camp as may be necessary to prevent contagion.

When camp is to be moved or when the device is to be transported for any purpose, the receptacles 15, as well as urinal 17, are first cleaned and purified by water or fire, as described, and said urinal, its legs 18, the vent-pipe 9, drain-pipe 14, and the canvas tent 10 are all then packed within box 2,which is then placed bodily within box 1, the lid 3 of the latter replaced, and, if desired, locked in position by means of a transverse bar 19, (shown in Fig. 2,) when'the complete device, with the exception of the tent-poles, is ready for transportation and presents an appearance and shape substantially the same as that of an ordinary army mess-chest.

While I have described the-receptacles 15 as formed of metal, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to such material, as the same may be formed of rubber, if desired. Furthermore, said receptacles 15 may be entirely dispensed with, the boxes I and 2 then acting directly as the receptacles to be bodily removed, emptied, and purified in the manner hereinbefore described for said receptacles.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A portable dry closet or camp-sink, consisting of a plurality of portable boxes of different sizes, each provided with a removable lid having seat-apertures and self-closing covers, and an interior removable receptacle for each box, said boxes, lids and receptacles adapted to nest one within the other for transportation.

2. In a dry closet or camp-sink, the combination with a box, a lid for the same having seat-apertures therein, and covers for said seat-apertures, of a urinal, supporting-legs for the same, and a detachable pipe connecting said urinal and box.

3. In adry closet or camp-sink, the combination with a box, a lid for the same having seat-apertures therein, and covers for said seat-apertures, of a urinal of a size to be placed within said box, and a detachable pipe for connecting said urinal and box, said urinal adapted to be placed within said box when knocked down for transportation.

4. A portable dry closet or camp-sink, consisting of a box, a lid for the same having seat-apertures therein, covers for said seatapertures, and an interior removable receptacle for said box extending part way to the top thereof, in combination with a urinal, and a detachable pipe leading from said urinal and tapped into the side of said box above the edge of the receptacle therein.

5. A portable dry closet or camp-sink, consisting of two boxes of different sizes adapted to be nested one within the other, interior removable receptacles for said boxes extending part way to the tops thereof, lids for said boxes having seat-apertures therein, covers for said seat-apertures, a vent-pipe common to said boxes having branches tapped into apertures in the lids thereof and detachable therefrom, a urinal and a detachable pipe leading from said urinal and tapped into the side of either of said boxes above the edge of its receptacle therein, said urinal, pipe and vent-pipe being of a size to be placed within the smaller of said boxes when knocked down for transportation.

6. A dry closet or camp-sink, consisting of a box, a lid for the same having one or more seat-apertu res therein, hinged covers for said seat-apertures, and a bar forming part of each of said hinges and preventing the raising of its cover to a vertical position, whereby the same will close automatically when not in use.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE E. DONAVIN.

Witnesses:

L. F. CHAPMAN, J. L. SIEGEL. 

